NEW YORK, NY – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – March 9, 2005 – Greenberg Traurig, the 1350-lawyer firm whose 24-office platform presents the eighth largest number of lawyers and the most extensive coverage of metropolitan areas in the United States, has taken another step in its international expansion. In addition to its key […]

NEW YORK, March 9 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (GLK) in its agreement to merge with Crompton Corporation (CK). The transaction is valued at $1.8 billion, and will create the third-largest publicly traded U.S.

9 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Skadden is representing The May Department Stores Company in its acquisition by Federated Department Stores, Inc. The deal is reportedly valued at $17 billion. The deal value includes $11 billion in equity and $6 billion of May’s debt.

9th March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Jones Day is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Roger Ho and Jiang Ren as associates of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Roger Ho joins the firm as a senior associate of the Hong Kong Corporate Finance Practice. He was previously a senior

9 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Chay To was convicted by a federal jury today of multiple counts of distributing narcotics and of possessing narcotics with the intent to distribute them. The jury, after deliberating for less

9 March 2005, Washington D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision has overturned the United States Tax Court procedure that shielded important judicial reports from disclosure to people with cases before the court and to federal judges who review the tax court’s decisions. Mayer, Brown,

BOSTON, March 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Despite – or perhaps because of – scattered rumblings by police agencies and ethics watchdog groups, the “rat out a rat” Web site Who’s A Rat (http://www.whosarat.com) has enjoyed rapid growth in the six months since its launch. The site now profiles nearly

(CHICAGO) March 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP announced that two senior corporate lawyers, Laurence Bronska and Andrew McCune, have become partners in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice. Bronska and McCune, who were formerly partners at Winston and Strawn, have been named co-chairs

Transaction Marks One of the First Privatizations of Electricity Distribution in Africa LONDON — March 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke represented Globeleq, Eskom Enterprises and Umeme Ltd in a deal which enables Umeme to manage and operate the electricity distribution system in Uganda under a 20-year concession

8 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – An Encino man who used personal information fraudulently obtained from ChoicePoint Service and other companies to commit identity theft against thousands of victims was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison. Adedayo Benson, a 38-year-old Nigerian national, was sentenced this afternoon by United